To Sleep or to Drive? – Driving Drowsy Prevention Week 2017
Drowsy driving prevention focuses on "Stay alert, arrive alive." The national sleep foundation is helping to raise awareness of drowsy driving and the risks of driving when you are tired.
I meet with patients every single day who have been dealing with concussion symptoms. Sometimes they have been experiencing them for a short amount of time, and others have been dealing with them for months and even years.
When I meet with those that have dealt with symptoms longer, many times I hear things like “I am a different person," or “Life is different” or “I used to be different…”
After a concussion, there are so many changes that can occur in almost every area of your world. For many people after a head injury or concussion, quality of life goes down, but I want you to know there is hope, and you are not alone in your experience.
One of the most important things I try to emphasize for my patients when they first meet with me is: Your Experience is Normal.
These feelings and symptoms are all a part of this injury. These feelings and symptoms they are not your fault, and no one is to blame. The injury and the fact that your brain is injured that is what is truly to blame. This is why treating concussions aren't as easy as fixing a broken ankle.
A concussion is an entirely different kind of injury, and not just anyone can treat it correctly. But, this injury does not have to define you. It is not something that has to label you.
I want to share loud and clear that a concussion is treatable, and in many cases, symptoms of Post-Concussion Syndrome can go away almost entirely.
There is hope, and you can take your life back! I think that sometimes patients who have lost hope for a long time have a hard time believing that someone understands what they are going through. But I want you to know that as a Neuropsychologist, I know there are things you can do to feel better and have a better quality of life even after a concussion. You can have a better life, and we are here to help you get that back.
Dr. Alina K. Fong received her Ph. D. in Clinical Neuropsychology with an emphasis in neuroradiology from Brigham Young University. She received the national American Psychological Association Clinical Neuropsychology Division 40 Graduate Student Research Award in 2004 for her research on "Cortical Sources of the N400 and 'The N400 Effect." Dr. Fong's interest in brain mapping soon turned to functional MRI, and since then, her research efforts have been focused on the clinical applications of fMRI.
Drowsy driving prevention focuses on "Stay alert, arrive alive." The national sleep foundation is helping to raise awareness of drowsy driving and the risks of driving when you are tired.
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